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Here is a selection of images from one of our recent Frostgrave games down at the club. Mike Willis has been working hard to get a good selection of terrain together to showcase this great game system, and combined with his figures and some of my own we have put on some spectacular sk

The Rebel fleet blinks out of hyperspace to find itself confronted by a mass of Imperial Star Destroyers and a rapidly approaching swarm of TIE fighters. Stunned Rebel officers stare at their screens in consternation. Admiral Ackbar swivels round in his chair, eyes bulging. “It’s a t

Jonathan Robson will be chairing the event this year, thanks to him for agreeing. Barry will assist. The location will be Ruskin Social Club Bar ( a larger section for us this time) and the agenda will be sent round within the next week. Can you all please put the date in your calenda

Following the success of the show on the day in terms of traders, demo games, bring and buy and attendance, I received this link from Norman Smith an avid gamer and blogger who has attended Phalanx over the years and watched it grow and grow. his review speaks volumes to me about the

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Gloomhaven is a game of Euro-inspired tactical combat in a persistent world of shifting motives. Players will take on the role of a wandering adventurer with their own special set of skills and their own reasons for traveling to this dark corner of the world. Players must work together out of necessity to clear out menacing dungeons and forgotten ruins. In the process, they will enhance their abilities with experience and loot, discover new locations to explore and plunder, and expand an ever-branching story fueled by the decisions they make. This is a game with a persistent and changing world that is ideally played over many game sessions. After a scenario, players will make decisions on what to do, which will determine how the story continues, kind of like a “Choose Your Own Adventure” book. Playing through a scenario is a cooperative affair where players will fight against automated monsters using an innovative card system to determine the order of play and what a player does on their turn. Each turn, a player chooses two cards to play out of their hand. The number on the top card determines their initiative for the round. Each card also has a top and bottom power, and when it is a player’s turn in the initiative order, they determine whether to use the top power of one card and the bottom power of the other, or vice-versa. Players must be careful, though, because over time they will permanently lose cards from their hands. If they take too long to clear a dungeon, they may end up exhausted and be forced to retreat.

We play a range of Boardgames and Small Scale Skirmish games including Bolt Action Saga Game Of Thrones Team Yankee Flames of War The board games we play range in style from wargames to Euro Games and typically play up to 7 players but most of the time just 5